Six images released as part of the indictment against Donald Trump show cardboard boxes of documents stacked in several rooms of his Mar-a-Lago estate, including in the bathroom between the toilet and the shower. Classified materials were also found in the ballroom and in his bedroom.

Donald Trump faces an uphill task defending himself against allegations that he illegally kept top secret documents when he leaves the White House in 2021, according to legal experts who said neither the law nor the facts appear to be on his side. , reports Reuters.

The former US president, who is running again in the 2024 presidential race, faces 37 charges, including violating the Espionage Act, conspiracy to obstruct justice and perjury.

National security experts were surprised by the breadth of evidence in the indictment, which includes documents, photographs, text messages, audio recordings and witness statements. They said they were strong arguments in favor of prosecutors’ allegations that Trump illegally obtained the documents and then tried to cover them up.

The 49-page indictment accuses Trump of illegally keeping files detailing U.S. nuclear programs, potential vulnerabilities of the U.S. and its allies, and U.S. plans for retaliatory military strikes.

Boxes with American secrets hidden in the bathroom, between the shower and the toilet

The first image shows boxes of classified materials that were stored on stage in the white and gold ballroom where events and gatherings were held.

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“The details are quite shocking in terms of the carelessness with which these documents were handled and the concerted effort to keep them out of the hands of the FBI,” said Elizabeth Goitein, an expert on national security law at the Brennan Center for Justice, according to the filing. Reuters.

The boxes were reportedly stored there from January until March 2021, when they were finally moved to the Mar-a-Lago business center.

In one of the most striking images, boxes believed to contain classified documents were found hidden between the toilet and the shower in a bathroom, the BBC reported.

The image from the indictment against Trump shows that the former US president kept boxes of classified documents in the bathroom /

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According to the indictment, in April 2021, those boxes were moved to the bathroom. Trump later ordered the storage room downstairs to be cleared out so it could be used to store his boxes, and they were moved there in June.

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At one point, the warehouse was filled with more than 80 boxes